Clik here to view.
Grand jury indicts Coon Rapids man in abduction, slaying of Alayna Ertl
WALKER, Minn. — A grand jury has indicted a Coon Rapids man for the murder of 5-year-old Alayna Jeanne Ertl in August. Zachary Todd Anderson, 25, was arraigned Friday in Cass County District Court in...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Charges allege Cottage Grove pastor made porn with photos of children in...
An associate pastor at a Cottage Grove church told police he took “innocent” photographs of children in the congregation and used computer software to turn them into hundreds of pornographic images,...
View ArticleDriver arrested in hit-run death of 85-year-old Iron Range pedestrian
GILBERT, Minn. — A Fargo, N.D., man has been arrested as a suspect in a hit-and-run crash that killed an 85-year-old Iron Range woman Wednesday, the Minnesota State Patrol reported. Jeffrey L. Airhart,...
View ArticleSuspect dead after chase near North Branch ends in crash
A man who led authorities on a short chase outside North Branch, Minn., on Friday afternoon is dead after he crashed into an oncoming vehicle, officials say. Related Articles Driver arrested in hit-run...
View ArticleNorth Minneapolis: Woman dies after Friday night shooting
One woman is dead following a shooting in North Minneapolis on Friday night. According to a news release from the Minneapolis Police Department, officers responded to the area of 36th Avenue North and...
View ArticleNorth Minneapolis: Man found shot to death in vehicle
A man was found shot to death in North Minneapolis early Saturday morning. According to a news release from the Minneapolis Police Department, officers were called to the intersection of 48th Avenue...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Northern Wisconsin sheriff’s deputy fatally shot; suspect captured
A sheriff’s deputy in western Wisconsin was fatally shot Saturday night, and authorities arrested a 43-year-old man in connection with the shooting Sunday morning. The suspect, Doug Nitek, 43, was...
View ArticleMinnesotan shot dead after 50-mile police chase ID’d
Authorities have identified the driver shot dead after a 50-mile police chase through three western Minnesota counties. The Minnesota Bureau of Criminal Apprehension said Jay Johannes Holmgren, 37, of...
View ArticleClik here to view.
20 years after northern Minnesota mom vanished, family still searching
WARREN, Minn. — On Oct. 26, 1996, Veronica “Voni” Safranski left Mick’s Bar in Warren, in northwest Minnesota. She never came home. Twenty years later, culverts have been searched, hundreds of acres of...
View ArticleClik here to view.
St. Paul sex trafficker who put Forest Lake girl on party buses gets prison
A St. Paul man was sentenced Friday to 20 years in prison after selling a 17-year-old Forest Lake girl for stripping and sex, according to the Washington County attorney’s office. Damon Michael...
View ArticleJail time for punch that gave stranger traumatic brain injury
A St. Paul man who assaulted a 55-year-old man over a littering complaint at a gas station was sentenced Thursday to five years of probation and a month of jail in Ramsey County District Court....
View ArticleClik here to view.
Eagan Town Hall arsonist sentenced to seven years in prison
A Prior Lake man has been sentenced to seven years in prison for setting ablaze Eagan’s century-old former town hall in 2013. Michael Duane Damron, left, and Wynn Donald Arvidson Michael D. Damron (aka...
View ArticleFridley woman charged in day care swindle jumps bail
A Fridley woman who authorities say swindled about $4 million from the state and fled before the start of her jury trial in September remains missing. Yasmin Ali was one of four people charged in...
View ArticleDuluth phishing attack may have exposed voters’ private data
More than 55,000 Duluth residents will receive letters in the next few days informing them that voter registration lists and other personal information may have been exposed as a result of an email...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Suspect in western Wisconsin deputy’s slaying has long criminal record
LADYSMITH, Wis. — The man suspected of fatally shooting a sheriff’s deputy in western Wisconsin has an extensive criminal record, court records show. Douglas Nitek, 43, is accused of killing Rusk...
View ArticleClik here to view.
UW-Stout student from Saudi Arabia dies after weekend assault
MENOMONIE, Wis. — A student at the University of Wisconsin-Stout has died after he was injured in a weekend assault in Menomonie. University of Wisconsin-Stout student Hussain Saeed Alnahdi, 24, died...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Ramsey County deputy who beat K-9 partner will keep job, arbitrator rules
A Ramsey County deputy who pleaded guilty to animal cruelty after beating his canine partner during an out-of-town event will keep his job despite the sheriff’s office’s attempt to fire him. Brett...
View ArticleWoman sentenced for plot to hire hit man to kill daughter’s ex
LE CENTER, Minn. — A southern Minnesota mother accused of plotting to kill her daughter’s ex-husband has pleaded guilty and been sentenced to more than 10 years in prison. Sixty-year-old Linda Bloom of...
View ArticleVictim of Labor Day shooting in downtown Minneapolis dies; murder charges filed
A Brooklyn Center man now faces murder charges after the victim of a Labor Day shooting in downtown Minneapolis died over the weekend. The Hennepin County attorney’s office says Sherman Alexander, 31,...
View Article2 fires in St. Paul landmark: squatters, arson, burned hair
St. Paul firefighters responded to two separate blazes early today at a former Ramsey County building downtown that’s being demolished. In one of the cases, police arrested two men on suspicion of...
View Article